Gar-seat



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J 0. BUERK.

CAR SEAT.

Patented Sept. 18, 1888.

INVENTOR ya tam ATTORNEYS.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN O. BUERK, OF RED BANK, NEWV JERSEY.

CAR-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,686, datedSeptember 18, 1888.

Application filed October 12, 1887. Serial No. 252,141.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JOHN O. BUERK, of Red Bank, in the county ofMonmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovementin Oar-Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in car-seats, and has for itsobject to so improve the striker-arms of such seats that an ordinarycar-seat may be simply, expeditiously, and effectually converted into acomfortable recliningseat.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car-seat having my improvementattached, illustrating the back of the seat in the'ordinary position;and Fig. 2is also a side elevation of a seat, the back being illustratedas in a reclining position. Fig. 3 is'a partial plan view of Fig. 2, thestriker-arm being partially in section. Fig. 4. is an elevation of onesection of the striker-arms, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section on line.00 w of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is askeleton view of the contour of the slot inthe striker-arm, illustrating the two positions of the lockingbolt; andFig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the bolt.

Incarrying out the invention, A represents a car-seat, B the usual arms,and b the stops which limit the throw of the striker-arms D.

The striker-arms D are divided into two sections, D and D, of whichsection D is pivotcd at one extremity to the seat-arm B in the usualmanner, the outer or free end, (1, of this section being wider than thepivotal end, and being more or less flaring, as shown in Fig. 2, whichenlargement is produced by the gradual taper of the longitudinal sidesoutward in opposite directions from the said pivotal end. A recess, E,is produced in the outer face of the section D, extending from the outerend to about the center, which recess is made to partake of thecontour-of that portion of the armthat is, the sides are beveled fromthe inner end outward in opposite directions.

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Within the recess E a compound longitudinal slot, E, is cut, the greateror outer portion, 6, of which slot is rectangular, the inner end, 0',being circular, as shown in Fig. 4. This section of the striker arm isadapted to rest upon the stops 1). The second section, D of thestriker-arm is made tapering and of the same general contou r. as thecontour of the recess E, into which it is adapted to enter. At the rearends of the section D a perpendicular projection, F, is provided, thesaid section be ing attached to the end of the seat-back G byscrew-bolts or equivalent fastening devices passing through theprojection and the rear of the arm into the back, as shown in Figs. 1and 2.

Through an aperture in the reduced end of the section D a bolt, H, isprojected, which bolt is flattened on opposite sides to a thicknessequal to the width of the rectangular portion of the slot E and roundedupon the other two sides to turn in the circular portion of said slot,as shown in Fig. 6. After being passed through the-section D the bolt Henters the compound slot E, and is formed with an inner head, h,whichhead travelsin a recess, h, in the rear of section D at each side of theslot therein, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. The outer head, h", of theboltH is of greater diameter than the aperture through which it passes,and is provided with a central rectangular post, h whereby the bolt isturned. By means of the two heads the bolt is retained in position.

In operation, when the seat-back is in the ordinary position, thesection D telescopes with the section D, and, the bolt being turned inthe circular portion of the slot E at right angles to the rectangularportion, the posts are held in positive connection, as shown in Fig. 1and to the right in Fig. 6. To incline the back,the bolt H is given aquarter-turn,whereupon the flattened sides are brought in alignment withthe rectangular portion of the slot E, and the back is allowed to fallback until the said bolt is brought in contact with the outer end wallof the slot, as illustrated in Fig. 2 and to the left in Fig. 6.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The c0mbination,with the arm of a car- 2. In a striker-arm forcar-seats, the combination,with the sections D D", of the revoluble boltH, having the flattened sides H, the heads h if, and having therectangular post It, 1 and adapted to longitudinal movement in the slote h of the section D, substantially as and for the purpose specified. i

JOHN O. BUERK.

seat and the back thereof, of divided teleseop- I \Vitnesses:

D. H. APPLEGATE, Josnrn J. SPARLING.

